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Born Harriet Mary Walter
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
Education London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation Actress
Born Harriet Mary Walter
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
Education London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation Actress
Wikipedia
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Harriet Walter - Wikipedia
November 26, 2025 - Harriet Walter was born in London, England in 1950. She is the niece of British actor Sir Christopher Lee, being the daughter of his elder sister Xandra Lee and so she has Italian origins.
IMDb
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Harriet Walter | Actress, Producer, Soundtrack
December 2, 2025 - Both she and her uncle Christopher Lee appeared in "Star Wars" films: Lee played Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and Walter played Dr.
IMDb
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Harriet Walter - Biography - IMDb
Harriet's father was a legal consultant with a ship building firm while her mother worked on top-secret material in the admiralty during the war. Her parents split when she was 13, She and her older sister ,Charlotte were sent to boarding school but Harriet left early as she got A levels at 16 and knew she wanted to be an actress and auditioned for 5 London drama schools but all turned her down.
Reddit
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r/SuccessionTV on Reddit: Harriet Walter is criminally underrated as Caroline.
May 25, 2023 -
In the discussion about this show's abundance of excellent performances, I don't see Harriet Walter's name come up enough, which is a shame because she elevates the material in every single scene she's in. Not a single false note in her performance, she just completely owns the Caroline character and makes her every bit as memorable as Logan despite having just a fraction of the screentime. Every single one of her scenes are like getting tickled by a snake: by turns hilarious and fanged.
She also feels like a signifier of this show's peaks in quality: with the exception of season 2, she has only ever appeared in the final two episodes of every season, with Armstrong himself penning the script. Her British aristocrat background also feels symbolic given that this is a show about Americans written by Brits: Caroline (and Walter's performance) seems to represent the lifeblood of this show's comic voice, which makes it ever more perfectly fitting that she's playing the kids' mother. Just a terrific character and performance, by far one of the best in the show.
ELLE
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Succession’s Matriarch Dame Harriet Walter On Motherhood, Mistresses And The Best Man For The Job
May 23, 2023 - But Dame Harriet Walter’s portrayal of the acerbic wealthy aristocrat certainly deserves a standing ovation. Viewers of the HBO hit show - which comes to its conclusion after four critically-acclaimed and widely-memed seasons next week - first welcomed Caroline into the fold in season one, ahead of her daughter Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) and Tom Wambsgans' (Matthew Macfadyen) wedding.
The Telegraph
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Star of stage and screen Harriet Walter discusses life in her London homes
London legend: Dame Harriet Walter has starred in hit dramas such as Succession, Killing Eve and The Crown ... I was born in St John’s Wood. I arrived on the same date in the same ‘nursing home’ where Judi Dench gave birth to her daughter. Not the same year, obviously.
Fandom
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Harriet Walter - Downton Abbey Wiki - Fandom
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Daily Mail
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Succession's Harriet Walter reveals damehood is a 'nightmare' as she opens up about having the title | Daily Mail Online
August 17, 2023 - 'It causes all sorts of nightmares': Harriet Walter revealed that her damehood causes her 'nightmares' as she opened up about the title on Wednesday (pictured 2019)
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Vanity Fair
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Harriet Walter on Mothering Succession’s Roys: “She’s Actually Quite Scared of Her Own Children” | Vanity Fair
December 6, 2021 - This week on Succession, the Roys decamped to Italy for their mother’s wedding. Caroline Collingwood, played by the great Harriet Walter, returns to the show to throw everyone into a tailspin—especially her only daughter, Shiv (Sarah Snook).
Geni
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Dame Harriet Walter - Genealogy
Contents [hide] 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Honours 4 Stage – notable performances 5 Television 5.1 Documentary 5.2 Drama 6 Film 7 Radio 8 Books 9 References 10 External links Personal life[edit] Walter is the niece of renowned British actor Sir Christopher Lee,[1] as the daughter of his elder sister Xandra Lee.
Fandom
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Harriet Walter | Killing Eve Wiki | Fandom
2 weeks ago - Dame Harriet Walter portrays Dasha Duzran on Killing Eve. Walter was born in London, England. She is the niece of British actor Sir Christopher Lee. On her father's side, she is the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, who founded The Times. She went to Cranborne Schase School.
Vulture
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Harriet Walter Called Into Succession’s Final Scene From the English Countryside
December 15, 2021 - I think that, in this case — and I don’t know if Sarah Snook would agree with me — but from the fact that we look very different, that Caroline thinks of Shiv very much as Logan’s daughter.
Vanity Fair
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Succession’s Harriet Walter on Caroline’s Nightmare Relationship with the Roy Children | Vanity Fair
May 22, 2023 - Walter’s character is an absolute insult MVP on a series packed with insult MVPs. During Shiv’s wedding weekend, Caroline reassured her daughter, “It’s quite good, your being the second-most important person at your wedding.
Bustle
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At 28, Dame Harriet Walter Was The Only Woman On Stage
February 20, 2024 - If you were to speak to 28-year-old Harriet now, would you recommend therapy to her? I probably would, though I don’t think anorexia is very easy to understand. I mean, even now I don’t because people say to me, “Can you help my daughter or my granddaughter?” and I can’t really, even now.
BBC America
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10 Things You May Not Know About Harriet Walter | Anglophenia | BBC America
Her full title: Countess Estelle Marie Rose. Walter has described her grandmother as "frightening" and said she channels her when playing formidable characters like Dasha in Killing Eve and Veronique in This Is Going to Hurt.
The Telegraph
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Harriet Walter: 'Why I am getting married at 60'
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A Rabbit's Foot
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A Rabbit's Foot The Dark Lady: Harriet Walter - A Rabbit's Foot
March 17, 2025 - Maybe if I looked at the world from her point of view, I’d see something else.” In perhaps her most Shakespearean role to date, Walter played Lady Caroline Collingwood, the hilarious ex-wife of Murdoch-inspired media mogul Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession. Her funniest moment includes asking guests at her daughter’s wedding how long they give the marriage.
MrOwl
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Harriet Walter > Cast > The Crown (TV series) | @navpreet | MrOwl
Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE (born 24 September 1950) is an English stage and screen actress. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007) and Man Up (2015).
TV Insider
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Harriet Walter - Actress
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actor